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PITCHERS: 15
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Jose Cuas
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Caleb Kilian
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Julian Merryweather
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
* Justin Steele
Jameson Taillon
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

INFIELDERS: 7
* Michael Busch 
Nico Hoerner
Nick Madrigal
* Miles Mastrobuoni
Christopher Morel
Dansby Swanson
Patrick Wisdom

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Cody Bellinger 
Alexander Canario
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 12 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Ben Brown, P 
Alexander Canario, OF 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Daniel Palencia, P 
Keegan Thompson, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 
Hayden Wesneski, P 

 



 

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Peoria Chiefs Name Manager

A few days ago, right here at TCR, I dared Ryne Sandberg to take the open Peoria manager's job. Well, guess what happened?

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dateline: peoria, june 2007: ryne sandberg retires from his managerial gig after being found confused and crying in the corner of the clubhouse after ever-expanding practical jokes upon him by kids 1/2+ his age he's still trying to figure out "exactly what was funny about that." absolutely no harm/no foul/etc. in this, but sandberg the leader of men? that should be interesting for a guy who's usually the "last person to get the memo" about what's going on around him that doesnt involve a double play.

C'mon Crunch! I can see it now... Just imagine Ryno up close & personal spitting tobacco-laden loogies into some 22-year old umpire's face after the kid ump reverses a Peoria home run, or throwing bases all over the ball park after a runner gets called out on an attempted steal of second, or upending the post-game spread after his team blows a 6-1 9th inning lead, or smashing the water-cooler after Mark Pawelek walks-in three runs in the first inning. This is going to be FUN!

Time will tell but give the guy a chance. One of the greatest players in Cubs' history. Does that mean he will be a great manager? Again, time will tell. Were the only great managers who were players guys who were leaders as players? Was LaRussa a leader as a player? I don't know, you just might find that Sandberg rises to the occasion.

His track-record with the Cubs organization and baseball in general should give him the right to get a shot at managing if he wants one. Hopefully it works out, for both him and us.

my only concern with ryno is how either clueless he is to his peer's activities (yes, beyond the whole sleeping with his wife thing) or how much he cant comprehend what he's seeing. he always kinda reminded me of a wide-eyed guy who stuff "happens to" as a kind of surprise even though he's around to see what's unfolding right in front of his face. of course almost all of this is based on stuff from a decade ago and time changes a lot of things, including focus and humility. he's no cal ripken in the observation department.

As someone who has talked to Ryno a few times since his retirement, I think Cubs fans will be pleasantly surprised. The quiet, shy "kid" we remember in his playing prime has matured into a thoughtful, surprisingly articulate middle-ager. I think there were some personal issues earlier in his life that led to his retiscence. He now seems much more comfortable in his own skin. Good for Ryno. He may never be a Piniella-like screamer, but I think he has a good shot to be a leader-by-example type who clearly knows a great deal about the small things that make players complete.

Ryno now != playing days Ryno, but I'm still not sure he's got the right makeup to be a manager. I certainly wish him the best, though.

"Momma always said playing baseball was like a box of chocolates..." Come on guys, give him a shot before you write him off as dumber than Devin Hester.

my assessment of ryno is based on his playing days persona..to clear that up a bit. i have no idea what the man's makeup has been applying itself to the game on whole aside from his semi-ballsy calling out of some of the primadona players in his HOF speech. no harm/no foul, but i do think it'll be more interesting of an experience to observe even if he was just a chump nobody instead of a HOF'r.

Hey, AP Reports that Bill Wirtz has offered $780 Mil for the Cubs.

If Wirtz rumor is true then yes, there is something worse than the Tribune owning the team.

Hey Steve Stone, You're kidding right? If not, do you have a link?

Cool! I'll get to see Ryno & the Chiefs roll through town this summer for their games with the Silverhawks.

in response to comment #1: Sandberg was a notorious practical joker in his playing days and will probably be re-energized by young hungry ball players, as well as delight in their jokes. Also, Let's not forget that during Sandberg's HOF speech he called out many of today's superstars on their unwillingness to do the little things that make ball players great..bunt, turn a doubleplay, etc. Something many inductees had failed to address or notice. I look for this to be a positive for the organization in general. Sandberg will deffinetly have a lot to offer the youth of our minor league system.

"#10 of 15: By Steve Stone (December 5, 2006 01:19 PM) Hey, AP Reports that Bill Wirtz has offered $780 Mil for the Cubs." Without any link, I doubt this to be true. But if that ever happens, I quit being a Cub fan.

Re Ryno: The "strong, silent type" can be a successful manager. Walter Alston, for one. Often underestimated, yet had front office support (a key) and won a hell of a lot of ballgames, with different styles of teams, on 24 one-year consecutive contracts. Just a thought, not to suggest there's a substantive similarity in the two men.

nothing comes up on a google news search on this wirtz offer so I assume it's bogus.

I would like to know more about this alleged racism. Within any large group (fans of the Cubs) there are going to people from all walks of like, and unfortunately, some of them will be whackos and some will be racists. Its ugly and wrong, but you will find it everywhere. If he was getting multiple racist epithets thrown at him from many people then I will be as shocked as I will be sickened, but something tells me that its a couple of isolated jerkoffs who would do something like that.

Chad, I'd have to agree with you about that, but keep in mind, even if it's 4 or 5 jerkoffs, if you get these 2 or 3 guys out there once every 10 games, those are the guys that will stand out in his memory no matter how the rest of the fans were. After all, if you're walking down the street and pass 500 people, maybe 150 people say hello to you, 340 don't say anything, and 10 people say "Hey fuckbag get off of my sidewalk", who are you most likely to remember? The 490 people who either greeted or ignored you or the 10 people that went out of their way to insult you? If you're like most people, you'll remember the 10. I would guess (and hope) it was just some isolated incidents, but when he experienced that on top of the general booing and such he received at first it probably snowballed...

I think Sandberg will do just fine. It's not like he wasn't liked in the clubhouse, or that he didn't know baseball. Sure there have been very few successful managers who were HoF players, but you can't take a trend and attribute it to one player. Because the last 6 people who walked into Wrigley were men, the next person must be a man. That 'logic' makes no sense. During the mid-later part of his career, it was often said that he and Dawson had the clubhouse well in control. I guess Ryno contributed to that by being 'a wide-eyed guy who stuff "happens to" as a kind of surprise even though he's around to see what's unfolding right in front of his face.' They had a lot of bad teams, but I don't remember the lack of general baseball acumen that the last three Cubs teams have displayed. When players do stupid things, it is the Coach's job to point them out, but without the knowing nods from the other players as he does so, the player will just ignore advice, and contine getting picked off 2nd with two outs.

Oh yeah, wasn't Frank Chance a HoF'r and a manager? Didn't see him in the Sandberg article.

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  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Javier Assad started the Lo-A game (Myrtle Beach versus Stockton) on the Cubs backfields on Wednesday as his final Spring Training tune-up. He was supposed to throw five innings / 75 pitches. However, I was at the minor league road games at Fitch so I didn't see Assad pitch. 

  • crunch (view)

    cards put j.young on waivers.

    they really tried to make it happen this spring, but he put up a crazy bad slash of .081/.244/.108 in 45PA.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Seconded!!!

  • crunch (view)

    another awesome spring of pitching reports.  thanks a lot, appreciated.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Here are the Cubs pitchers reports from Tuesday afternoon's Cardinals - Cubs game art Sloan Park in Mesa:

    SHOTA IMANAGA
    FB: 90-92 
    CUT: 87-89 
    SL: 82-83 
    SPLIT: 81-84
    CV: 73-74 
    COMMENT: Worked three innings plus two batters in the fourth... allowed four runs (three earned) on eight hits (six singles and two doubles) walked one, and struck out six (four swinging), with a 1/2 GO/AO... he threw 73 pitches (52 strikes - 10 swing & miss - 19 foul balls)... surrendered one run in the top of the 1st on a one-out double off Cody Bellinger's glove in deep straight-away CF followed one out later by two consecutive two-out bloop singles, allowed two runs (one earned) in the 2nd after retiring the first two hitters (first batter had a nine-pitch AB with four consecutive two-strike foul balls before being retired 3 -U) on a two-out infield single (weak throw on the run by Nico Hoerner), a hard-contact line drive RBI double down the RF line, and an E-1 (missed catch) by Imanaga on what should been an inning-ending 3-1 GO, gave up another run in the 3rd on a two-out walk on a 3-2 pitch and an RBI double to LF, and two consecutive singles leading off the top of the 4th before being relieved (runners were ultimately left stranded)... threw 18 pitches in the 1st inning (14 strikes - two swing & miss, one on FB and the other on a SL - four foul balls), 24 pitches in the 2nd inning (17 strikes - three swing & miss, one on FB, two SPLIT - six foul balls), 19 pitches in the 3rd inning (13 strikes - seven swing & miss, three on SL, two on SPLIT, one on FB - three foul balls), and 12 pitches without retiring a batter in the top of the 4th (8 strikes - no swing & miss - four foul balls)... Imanaga throws a lot of pitches per inning, but it's not because he doesn't throw strikes...  if anything, he throws too many strikes (he threw 70% strikes on Tuesday)... while he gets a ton of swing & miss (and strikeouts), he also induces a lot of foul balls because he doesn't try to make hitters chase his pitches by throwing them out of the strike zone... rather, he uses his very diverse pitch mix to get swing & miss (and lots of foul balls as well)... he also is a fly ball pitcher who will give up more than his share of HR during the course of the season...   
     
    JOE NAHAS
    FB: 90-92 
    SL: 83-85 
    CV: 80-81 
    COMMENT: Was called up from the Hi-A South Bend group at Minor League Camp for the day... relieved Imanaga with runners at first and second and no outs in the top of the 4th, and after an E-2 catcher's interference committed by Miguel Amaya loaded he bases, Nahas struck out the side (one swinging & two looking)... threw 16 pitches (11 strikes - two swinging)...   

    YENCY ALMONTE
    FB: 89-92 
    CH: 86 
    SL: 79 
    COMMENT: Threw an eight-pitch 5th (five strikes - no swing & miss), with a 5-3 GO for the first out and an inning-ending 4-6-3 DP after a one-out single... command was a bit off but he worked through it...   

    FRANKIE SCALZO JR
    FB: 94-95
    CH: 88 
    SL: 83
    COMMENT: Was called up from the AA Tennessee group at Minor League Camp for the day and worked the 6th inning... got the first outs easily (a P-5 and a 4-3 GO) on just three pitches, before allowing three consecutive two-out hard-contact hits (a double and two singles), with the third hit on pitch # 9 resulting in a runner being thrown out at the plate by RF Christian Franklin for the third out of the inning... 

    MICHAEL ARIAS
    FB: 94-96
    CH: 87-89
    SL: 82-83
    COMMENT: Was called up from the AA Tennessee group at Minor League Camp for the day and allowed a hard-contact double on the third pitch of the 7th inning (a 96 MPH FB), and the runner came around to score on a 4-3 GO and a WP... gave up two other loud contact outs (an L-7 and an F-9)... threw 18 pitches (only 10 strikes - only one swing & miss)... stuff is electric but still very raw and he continues to have difficulty commanding it, and while he has the repertoire of a SP, he throws too many pitches-per-inning to be a SP and not enough strikes to be a closer... he is most definitely still a work-in-progress...   

    ZAC LEIGH: 
    FB: 93-94 
    CH: 89 
    SL: 81-83 
    CV: 78
    COMMENT: Was called up from the AA Tennessee group at Minor League Camp for the day and tossed a 1-2-3 8th (4-3 GO, K-swinging on a sweeper, K-looking on another sweeper)... threw 14 pitches (11 strikes - one swing & miss - eight foul balls)... kept pumping pitches into the strike zone but had difficulty putting hitters away (ergo a ton of foul balls)... FB velo is nowhere near the 96-98 MPH it was a couple of years ago when he was a Top 30 prospect, but his secondaries are better...   

    JOSE ROMERO:  
    FB: 93-95
    SL: 82-84
    COMMENT: Was called up from the Hi-A South Bend group at Minor League Camp for the day and worked the 9th (14 pitches - only six strikes- no swing & miss) and allowed a solo HR after two near-HR fly outs to the warning track, before getting a 3-1 GO to end the inning... it was like batting practice when he wasn't throwing pitches out of the strike zone...

  • crunch (view)

    pablo sandoval played 3rd and got a couple ABs (strikeout, single!) in the OAK@SF "exhibition"

    mlb officially authenticated the ball of the single he hit.  nice.

    he's in surprisingly good shape considering his poor body condition in his last playing seasons.  he's not lean, but he looks healthier.  good for him.

  • crunch (view)

    dbacks are signing j.montgomery to a 1/25m with a vesting 20m player option.

    i dunno when the ink officially dries, but i believe if he signs once the season begins he can't be offered a QO...and i'm not sure if that thing with SD/LAD in korea was the season beginning, either.

  • crunch (view)

    sut says imanaga getting the home opener at wrigley (game 4 of the season).

  • crunch (view)

    cubs rolling out the who's who of "who the hell is this guy?" in the last spring game.

  • videographer (view)

    AZ Phil, speaking of Jordan Wicks having better command when he tires a bit, I remember reading about Dennis Lamp 40 years ago and his sinker that was better after 3 or 4 innings when he would tire a bit and get more sink with a little less speed on the pitch.  The key for Lamp was getting to the 4th inning.